Jerry Sandusky granted 3-day hearing in appeal of sex abuse conviction

By MARK SCOLFORO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

9 years ago

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, speaks out as he arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for arguments on his request for an evidentiary hearing in Bellefonte, Pa. Monday, May 2, 2016. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times via AP)

Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky (C), a former assistant football coach at Penn State University, leaves after his appeal hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania October 29, 2015. (Pat Little/File Photo/Reuters)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after a hearing of arguments on his request for an evidentiary hearing as he seeks a new trial in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, May 2, 2016. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after a hearing of arguments on his request for an evidentiary hearing as he seeks a new trial in Bellefonte, Pa. Monday, May 2, 2016. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, second from left, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for arguments on his request for an evidentiary hearing in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, May 2, 2016. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times via AP)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for arguments on his request for an evidentiary hearing as he seeks a new trial in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, May 2, 2016. (Nabil K. Mark/Centre Daily Times via AP)

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge is giving former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky three days of hearings in August to develop more information about the claims and arguments he’s made in seeking to have his child molestation conviction overturned.

Judge John Cleland on Thursday said the proceedings will address whether prosecutors improperly leaked information about the investigation and whether defense lawyers should have called Sandusky to testify.

The hearing also will delve into whether a prosecutor lied during closing arguments at Sandusky’s 2012 trial, saying he did not know the identity of a key figure referred to as Victim 2.

Also at issue is whether Sandusky’s lawyers should have stopped him from doing an NBC television interview after his arrest.

Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.